Shepherd School student organizes benefit concert for hometown affected by Texas panhandle wildfire
When the largest wildfire in Texas history recently ravaged small towns and ranches in the Texas panhandle, Canadian, Texas native Alex Moreno-Gonzalez, a senior composition student in the Rice University Shepherd School of Music, knew he had to do something to help.
Texas Commission on the Arts Spotlight: Childhood Visits to Museum Inspire Rural Concerts
A performance as part of Full Circle, which featured the commission, performance, and recording of six original chamber music compositions, all inspired by the collection at the Citadelle Art Museum, in Canadian. Scroll down for more information on this TCA-funded project in the grantee spotlight!
A fitting fanfare: Shepherd School student Alex Moreno creates original composition New Dawn
Pomp and circumstance is a key component of any presidential inauguration, and music is no small part of that.
Pictured: Moreno conducts "New Dawn" at Inauguration of Reginald DesRoches at Rice University. Photo by Jeff Fitlow.
Rice student and Shepherd School classmates bring new musical works to rural Texas
Small-town Texas might not be the first place you’d think of as a destination for a musical premiere from some of the country’s top composition students, but that’s exactly what took place at...